New York-based startup Manifest OS has closed a $60 million Series A round at a $750 million valuation, with backing from Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital, and Quiet […]
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A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00343, was filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on April 24, 2026, naming Skechers U.S.A., Inc. in the proceeding. While the publicly available docket caption confirms the filing and the involvement of Skechers, practitioners should note that the PTAB docket at this early stage may not yet reflect the full set…
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From : Blog Entry >> Elizabeth’s Blog EntryPlease enjoy this blog post authored by Elizabeth Suehr, Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLP. ILTA’s Security and Compliance Content Team spends time talking about the risks with managing AI programs — data security, vendor dependencies, and compliance. These are the right conversations. But there’s a risk…
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8am, the parent company of a suite of practice and business management products for lawyers and accountants, is now guaranteeing next-day payments for customers of its LawPay and CPACharge payments platforms, it said today.
The company also announced new capabilities that it says streamline billing and improve visibility into financial performance for its customers.
The company said that next-business-day deposits…
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IP management company Anaqua has acquired competitor Patrix, expanding its law firm customer base and presence in Europe. Strategic acquisitions have long been a cornerstone of Anaqua’s growth plan, now […]
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The Justice Department has announced the arraignment of Cole Tomas Allen, 31, in U.S. District Court on charges stemming from the April 25, 2026 shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Most notably, prosecutors say the case includes an allegation of attempted assassination of the president—instantly making it one of the most closely watched federal criminal matters…
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has appointed Lisa McLaughlin as managing partner of its Digital Legal Delivery (DLD) practice, made up of the international law firm’s alternative legal services, operations, transformation […]
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has struck down a Trump-era executive order that sought to suspend access to asylum at the southern border, holding that the president cannot use a proclamation to override the asylum process Congress created in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The ruling is significant because it reinforces a basic separation-of-powers principle in…
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“The rules haven’t really changed, but we’re just having trouble following them when the output of some AI is so seductively good, said Adams & Reese legal ethics expert Lucian Pera. “And it’s hard. It’s hard to convince people to do it.   
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